Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv at LitFest Bergen

11. February 2024

Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv from Ukraine were invited to LitFest Bergen. On Saturday 10 February they presented the book "How War Changed Rondo" and were interviewed by Heidi Bøhagen ( program post ). On Sunday 11 February they held a workshop for children including a reading of "How War Changed Rondo", and in addition the musician duo Eva Pfitzenmaier and Stephan Meidell had created a sound performance based on their book about sound and hearing ( program post ).

 

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"I See That" - new book, directly from Ukraine!

08. February 2024

"I See That" by Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv was delivered today by a van that had driven all the way from Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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The Literature Festival in Jaipur, India.

05. February 2024

Svein Størksen was invited to participate in a panel discussion during the Jaipur Book Mark. The title of the program post was "Beauty and the Book", and the theme was: "The book as an object of enduring beauty takes shape under the discerning eye of outstanding designers. An inspiring session where extraordinary talents talk about their creative process and the outcome that we get to hold and cherish.”

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Norway as the guest country at the book fair in Cairo.

30. January 2024

Magikon attended when Norway was the guest country at the book fair in Cairo.

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At CCBF in Shanghai

22. November 2023

Magikon, represented by Svein Størksen, participated in the children's and youth book fair in Shanghai. In addition to meetings with Chinese publishers, he took part in a panel discussion on science fiction literature.

 

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At FBM – the world's largest book fair in Frankfurt.

21. October 2023

Magikon was present at the book fair in Frankfurt with our own stand.

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Nihao Shanghai in Oslo.

07. October 2021

Today we opened the exhibition Nihao Shanghai in Galleri Grafill in Oslo. The exhibition is the result of an artists residency that Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Bjørn Rune Lie and Kristin Roskifte had in Shanghai in November 2019, organized by Magikon and CCBF, the international children's book fair in Shanghai.

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Salon de Montreuil

30. November 2019

Svein Størksen participated in the "Salon du livre et de la presse de jeunesse", the children's book fair in Montreuil, just outside Paris.

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Conference and workshop in Hainan.

20. November 2019

In connection with the Hainan Island International Book Fair, Svein Størksen was invited to a conference in Sanya and a workshop for children in a fishing village on the island of Xidao.

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CCBF, the children's and youth book fair in Shanghai.

16. November 2019

Magikon was present at the book fair in Shanghai, where together with Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Bjørn Rune Lie and Kristin Roskifte we participated in several program items.

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Artist residency in Shanghai

14. November 2019

Magikon, in collaboration with the children's book fair CCBF in Shanghai and Carolina Ballester, organized an artists residency in Shanghai for Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Bjørn Rune Lie and Kristin Roskifte. Their task was to experience the city and get inspired to create pictures for an exhibition. Included in the trip were also activities at CCBF, as well as visits to schools, hospitals and the consulate general.

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